Marriage

Last night I picked up my 2 year sober chip at my 12 Step Meeting, what a wonderful evening celebrating with friends & family.
Oh did I mention I had a shirt made? I LOVE IT!
Hubby's pretty hot too!
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It's Friday and I had planned on a funny post but I simply must write about my friend Mark. Mark is an amazing man who blogs over at Our Simple Lives, he's a father, husband, photographer and one of the funniest writers I've seen. Mark gives his whole heart to the world, he blogs about his life and shares openly about his whole beautiful self.
With my blog here at Sober Julie Doing Life I have a voice, I have an ability to reach out from my little laptop to your eyes and minds. I ask that you ...

Lately I haven't been inspired to write, it nothing horrible but I'm in a quiet state of mind in most areas of life at the moment. It's not really a blah feeling, I'm not especially down or sad but I am somewhat hibernating in my mind.
I've always been like a bear this way, when I foresee something on the horizon which I'll need my energy for I take the time to store it up and am restful during the process.
Time for a family update!
Our daughters are fabulous as always, I've realized I ...

Valentines Day is around the corner and if you're like me, you have a bit of a heavy heart because you're not expecting flowers.
Early in our relationship Hubby explained the situation to me in his on-so logical, calm manner. To him giving flowers signifies he's done something wrong...yes he seriously feels that way.
The problem is that I'm a Valentines FREAK, I love getting flowers and feeling all princess-like when someone thinks of me. It's a totally cheesy holiday, I know this and yet my ...

Recently I've found I'm being asked about my story. People are curious how and when I realized I'm an alcoholic and how my journey of recovering from alcoholism has looked. I have written about this in many ways on Sober Julie Doing Life and on guest post on other blogs, but now I'll try to put it in one location.
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If you’d seen me two years ago me you may not have guessed that I am an alcoholic.
What do we think one should look like anyway?
At the time I had no idea that I was an ...